American Legion National Emergency Fund

Analysis

American Legion National Emergency Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Indianapolis, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, American Legion National Emergency Fund reported income of $574k and spending of $396k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $650k to $574k (-12%), an average of -3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, American Legion National Emergency Fund sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gratitude Global ($574k), Basket of Hope ($575k) and Monte Vista Community Fund Inc ($574k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 67% of the total. At year end it held assets of $6.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $6.6m.